Family fight ends with mom, son in handcuffs

MANCHESTER - A mother and son were arrested Monday after police said the son hit his mother's boyfriend in the head with a coffee mug and she tried to get into the prisoner transport wagon to reach her son, police said.

Ryan Bouchard, 18, of 943 Bridge St., is charged with second-degree assault, while his mother, Patricia Bouchard, 47, of the same address, is facing charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

It was Patricia Bouchard who called police at 5 p.m. to report a fight between her son and her boyfriend, Joseph Suzedelis, 48. When police arrived, they found Suzedelis bleeding from wounds to the top and back of his head, while Ryan Bouchard was covered in blood.

Police said Suzedelis and Bouchard got into a fight in one of the bedrooms because Suzedelis wanted Bouchard's friends to leave the home.

Suzedelis was transported by ambulance to the Elliot Hospital where it took several staples to close his head wounds.

As officers were arresting Bouchard, police said his mother became belligerent, swore at officers outside the home, and then tried to get to her son in the transport van, despite officers' warnings. As a result, she was arrested.